Getting development resources for GraphQL

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GraphQL is a query language designed to decouple the data an app needs from the queries required to fetch it. You can think of GraphQL as a middleman between your application and Kentico Cloud. It lets you query content from your project without worrying about the specifics of the REST API that's used behind the scenes.

Boilerplate for Express apps

You can fetch content from Kentico Cloud projects through GraphQL queries by using the Kentico Cloud Boilerplate for Express.js apps. Follow the instructions in the Quick start to get started.

To enable execution of GraphQL queries, the boilerplate uses an Apollo server as a converter from the Kentico Cloud Delivery API to GraphQL. If you don't want to use Express.js in your app, you can also integrate with other HTTP servers, such as Connect, Restify, and Hapi.

Gatsby

If you're building a site using a static site generator such as Gatsby, you can also use GraphQL queries to fetch content. We provide a source plugin for Gatsby (available as {~gatsby-source-kentico-cloud~} npm package) that creates GraphQL nodes for the content in your Kentico Cloud project.

Example sites

The Gatsby starter site using Kentico Cloud is a simple site demonstrating the use of the Gatsby source plugin for Kentico Cloud. It pulls content from Kentico Cloud to display a personal site with links to blog posts and projects.